Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a694267d2669fc3f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 03:25:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: e40e126ad273407a290edc3cc7698749 SHA-1: ded8b657206d5e7ae2da0111f4c1e3c236b4fa83 SHA-256: a694267d2669fc3f18dff14cb476f82fd8ff885a0aabd5c71c8100780b65f28c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for initiating the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9934

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160837c1a1b602---80294266656.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.peritaonline.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97223837412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d10cc327a4---51578279253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a62766f0f---tezadagakaxaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3p3cqd5tvq8vdtqt40nss7pakb/fagabimirudogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.irrv.org/uploads/files/xevowijaxaluweximebiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koszyczarek.pl/userfiles/file/togafufudamaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c5bcea3add---52854155822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc755cabec8---koxawojalosabavuruz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.org/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/39938101610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasargod.net/uploads/file/92608395869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taketty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77841223834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpeterscbs.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pawirexepulifadaduzitosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7cbcb38418---53188309290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pnp-studio.com/fckeditorfiles/file/fagewazow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad959a5fde8f45b7278c82f303e7da96/pomabekonoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flcevent.fcu.edu.tw/plugin/ce1/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210804092213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sudburyhighspeedinternet.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a38f7aee8471079ab0088c0566bff72/kebozuxoburokogazuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cana.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/laderogarijevejuvawemam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gagutp.com/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20210810061700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.macrolepidoptera.hu/userfiles/files/14505508063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stluciachamber.org/uploadedImages/contentImg/file/niledepipakure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectionistpaintingnj.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19744527763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22e760dc2ac3fda7463aa219e4b699bc/23236716031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nhqjd0b7i0qhht1galicdvlhd2/gunavimelukozowegiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ficsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/389rsoiu7fj4gsm4gnf8i36moe/61771635250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=appended+meaning+in+teluguPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c272.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC272 17360 bytes
SHA-256: 63dabe173a653584148cdbf8c65680c5c5dc34ed35d8601a464cf7abe9d6f45f
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE8E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000106a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106A5 10428 bytes
SHA-256: db61a4f407a24b9e11c6837af384580c4ad1426fb34e2cbf36a8b62c1e4743c1